Release Notes - Release 2.17

• ACBL - Release 2.17b
  • Release 2.17b has numerous enhancements to provide for ACBL Scoring including
  • Better handling of Multiple Sections
  • Automatic Titles from file name
  • Master Points
  • There are further improvements for ACBL scoring.
• American Dates - Release 2.17b
  • There is now an option to show/use dates in American fashion.
  • Go to Administration - Site Style and set accordingly
    • English - Day/Month/Year
    • American - Month/Day/Year
  • This option is now being used to show dates where applicable. If you set this to American and notice any the wrong way round, please email info@bridgewebs.com.
• Competitions - Release 2.17b
  • There are some new options in the competitions
    • 5 for a win/4/3/2/1
    • 7 for a win/6/5/4/3/2/1
    • 6 for a win/5/4/3/2/1
  • Position - pairs * 2 - 2 winner (to handle 2 winner movement)
  • Change to the definition of minimum in standard competitions and option to allow % e.g. 50%
  • Changes to the way Handicaps are calculated
• Competition Dates - Release 2.17b
  • A revised calendar popup has been included which should be quicker, also allows dates to be entered US fashion.
  • At present this is optional, go to Administration - Site Style and Set accordingly
    • Popup - as it was in separate PopUp window, needs popup blocker set accordingly
    • Inline - shows within page
  • A revised calendar popup has been included which should be quicker, also allows dates to be entered US fashion
• Form Comments - Release 2.17a
  • A problem with entering a ' in a label such as Comp's has been corrected
• Hand of the Day - Release 2.17a
  • The Bidding chart now shows "West" on left (not North) as per bridge magazines. All existing Hands are preserved and should show correctly.
• Individual - Previous Year - Release 2.17b
  • You can now add extra options to show the Individual, Partnership and Master Points for the Previous Club Year. Useful just after the year end when the regular ones get reset.
  • Go to Web Admin - Menu and add as necessary
    • Master Point Archive
    • Individual Archive
    • Parnership Archive
• Interclub Feature - Release 2.17a
  • There is a new feature to allow clubs to use PreDealt hands at each club and on upload create an Interclub result.
  • Experimental. More details to follow.
• Jeff Smith Pairscorer - Release 2.17b
  • Release 2.17b has numerous enhancements to provide for Jeff Smith Pairscorer including
  • Better handling of Teams
  • Improved handling of Individual Sessions
• Language Dictionary - Release 2.17b
  • Bridgewebs has the ability to provide a web site in a language other than English. There is a dictionary in Web Admin which can be updated with
    • Days of Week
    • Months
    • Bridge Terms:- Hearts, Clubs, Spades, Diamonds etc.
    • Bridgewebs Phrases
  • This has been further enhanced based on feedback and dictionaries are now available for
    • Spanish
    • German
    • Swedish
    • Finnish
• Map Feature Upgrade - Release 2.17
  • Problems with the map feature causing computers to hang have been overcome by providing two levels of Pins. In the first instance you will need to click on the Green Pin for an area, then the Red Pin for a club.

• Results Import - Release 2.17a
  • There have been several improvements to the bridgewebs standard import facility for non-scorebridge users and presentation of results.
• Reverse Date mm/dd/yy - Release 2.17b
  • Modifications have been made to cater for date format MM/DD/YY.
• Session Control Login - Release 2.17a
  • A different  "Session Control" method of logging in is available.
  • This is basically a technical improvement only, but if any user experiences problems logging in, then the site can be used to use the "Session Control" security which avoids using "Cookies".  If Cookies are available then it will remember some details next time, but this is not essential.
• Standard Competitions Archive - Release 2.17b
  • There are now extra options to add previous years standard tables to your menu called:
    • Individual Archive
    • Partnership Archive
    • Masterpoints Archive
  • Go to Web Admin - Menu - Amend and you will find the extra buttons in the centre.
• Sub Menu - Release 2.17a
  • Following feedback on the Release 2.17 "Menu", it has been changed to automatically show the first page of a submenu for a number of reasons.
  • The status-quo was preferred by several users
  • Some users with some Browsers/Settings could not use the menu.
  • Some sites had adjusted their menus in such a way that the new version was not showing certain pages.
  • This change will be effective after you next update you web site in any way including uploading results.
  • No adverse feedback was received during the months of beta testing but on general release problems have arisen, if you have any comments on the way it works please email gwynne@bridgewebs.com.
• Surnames - Release 2.17b
  • Bridgewebs now recognizes certain suffixes and ignores them as Surnames e.g.
  • e.g. Jr, Homes III, also Van and de
• Theme for the Menu - Release 2.17a
  • There is now an "Option" to change the look of the Menu with features to:
    • Change Font Sizes
    • Change Box Colours
    • Change Icons
    • Have Button boxes instead of plain boxes.
  • • More Fonts.
    • More friendly visual Wysiwyg "What you see is what you get" version.
    • Improved performance behind the scenes